10th Anniversary!

Rattlesnake Gal · 08-10-2005, 05:03 PM

Happy Anniversary Don!

The Internet really has come a long way in the last ten years! We are all very lucky that you saw the opportunity to create and build such a special site.
Can you imagine the amount of hours you have put into it?

The Forum and PhotoPost has so many wonderful participants. Both are very special communities. Thank you so much for taking valuable time out of your personal life to maintain and upgrade Winnipesaukee.com. Nice job!
Sincerely,
Celia
PS: The new Weirs Cam is just so cool!

Pepper · 08-10-2005, 11:34 PM

Don, the others have said it so well. This site is Home to so many of us, in so many ways. My deepest heartfelt thanks for providing us with so many venues in which to express ourselves, and especially for the love you have put into this site.

Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!

ApS · 08-11-2005, 07:24 AM

Ten years?

I may not have even been computer-savvy for ten years. Good going!

Of course, that doesn't mean that recent members (including my next-door neighbors here) can't "go-back" in Winnipesaukee time.

The Olde Forum ("New" to us back then) informs us of Winnipesaukee trends

. Try www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforum for a trip back -- and an archive of most of our Webmaster's efforts to keep it topical and family-friendly.

Congratulations.

SIKSUKR · 08-11-2005, 08:33 AM

Everyone has already said it best.I look forward to reading the forum every morning.I've learned so much lake history from McDude,viewed so many beautifull photos from Island Girl and others,was informed about local happenings from Upthesaukee and Rattlesnake Girl,met new friends like Pepper,sat at the Tiki Bar with SP,even had dissagreements with APR and others,and so on and so on.This place keeps the mind stimulated!!This is one great forum Thanks Don for your hard and very successfull work!!

GWC... · 08-11-2005, 12:04 PM

Ten years?!

Wow!

Time sure flies when you are having fun.

Thanks for providing an outlet to maintain some degree of sanity, although my sanity may be a subject of debate by some forum members.

Happy 10th anniversary and many more...

Mee-n-Mac · 08-11-2005, 12:12 PM

Would have thunk it ?

Congrats and thanks for a cool place to hang out. Or wait, maybe it's the hot place to hang out ! Yeah, the hot place, that's it. Or maybe it's da fat place to be. Errr .... no wait, fat is what I am, I mean phat, yup that's what it is

Keep it going for another 10 and I'll have it figured out by then !

Wing Nut · 08-11-2005, 01:19 PM

Congratulations, Don, on maintaining the site for us to use. I am a web developer for a major corporation - I know what's involved from the technical side, and you've done a great job even with some of the open source stuff.

But what's really great is that you have created and maintained a site that brings a community of people together and actually forms its own community as a byproduct. Not many sites can boast of such success!

Keep up the great work, Don!

Just Sold · 08-11-2005, 03:21 PM

Don,

In the short time I have been a member here your site has brought me back to the place I love, Winnipesaukee. This site and the members of it have opened so many forgoten memories for me that I cannot thank you enough for creating and keeing it going for these past 10 years.

Because of your site I have made contact with a number of people with whom I enjoyed many a summer day with in my youth and would have not probibly ever run into anywhere else.

Your site has also introduced me to so many wonderful people here on Winnipesaukee.com via the Forum and PhotoPost. Some of those freindships have expanded beyond the Forum and PhotoPost but, it is this Winnipesauke.com site that is the root that brought those freindships to bloom.

You have made this web site with its wonderful forum, photopost and its many other features a destination for so many even when they cannot be at the lake. Your vision made it all possible.

Words cannot say enough Thanks for your tireless efforts over the last 10 years.

A toast to Winnipesaukee.com and you Don for the next 10 years and beyond.....

THANK YOU DON Z.!

arthurc · 08-11-2005, 05:19 PM

Congratulations on 10 years of wonderful info, fun, etc. You have done a masterful job

Arthur

nym3007 · 08-12-2005, 10:04 AM

Happy 10 years Don!!!. This has been my home away from the lake. Living here in NYC I only get 3 weeks each summer to see the Beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee. I have read this site since about I would say 2002. I have read the forums each day about 2 times per day and sometimes more. I also love the new webcam and the photos that these wonderful members post everyday. I hope that this site stays for many more years to come and once again congrats on 10 years!!

Lakegeezer · 08-12-2005, 02:30 PM

Hard to believe its been 10 years. Don, great job, and thanks for the effort you have put in to keep the forum useful. You maintain a good balance between an open forum and censorship. There was a tough patch where you had to approve all entries, but the new software with registration seems to have solved that. Hopefully you can make one of the forum fests so we can thank you in person.

DRH · 08-13-2005, 08:53 PM

This is one of the best web sites I have ever found, and it's the first one I bring up every morning. Many good friendships that would not have otherwise started did because of the Forum, and over the years I've always enjoyed meeting "Forum Folks" and putting faces with screen names. Just think how many of us might never have experienced Waldo Pepper's lobster rolls had it not been for the Forum! (Not to mention that we might never have met the wonderful "Pepper" herself!) Most of us have never attempted to run a web site, least of all one that includes a tremendously popular and active forum, yet we can imagine the time and dedication it must take to do it as well as you do, Don. Congratulations, and we all hope you'll continue the excellent work you've been doing here for the next 10 years!

RLW · 08-14-2005, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DRH

Don. Congratulations, and we all hope you'll continue the excellent work you've been doing here for the next 10 years!

Why the heck stop at 10 years just keep on going. Be like my Dr. when I ask him when he plans on retiring and his asnwer is: "When you see my name in the obituaries is when I plan on retiring".
I believe all the good words have been spoken by all the others, so all I can say, the best to ya and please keep up the great work.

RLW

Silver Duck · 08-14-2005, 07:36 PM

And, thanks for the many, many hapy hours I've spent on this site!

Silver Duck

trfour · 08-15-2005, 04:22 PM

That Don has created here, just adds sooo much flavor and is sooo " Fabulous !".. Let us all keep this thread going in thanks to Our Great Captain, Don Z! I think that he is a treasure,... and I have been around the block, a few times!

Love,
T.

08-10-2005, 05:03 PM	#1
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Ten years! Wow! Happy Anniversary Don! The Internet really has come a long way in the last ten years! We are all very lucky that you saw the opportunity to create and build such a special site. Can you imagine the amount of hours you have put into it? The Forum and PhotoPost has so many wonderful participants. Both are very special communities. Thank you so much for taking valuable time out of your personal life to maintain and upgrade Winnipesaukee.com. Nice job! Sincerely, Celia PS: The new Weirs Cam is just so cool!

08-10-2005, 11:34 PM	#2
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	Hard to believe it's Ten Years! Don, the others have said it so well. This site is Home to so many of us, in so many ways. My deepest heartfelt thanks for providing us with so many venues in which to express ourselves, and especially for the love you have put into this site. Happy Anniversary!!!!!!! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

08-11-2005, 07:24 AM	#3
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,941 Thanks: 2,215 Thanked 778 Times in 554 Posts	There's more: The Olde Forum Ten years? I may not have even been computer-savvy for ten years. Good going! Of course, that doesn't mean that recent members (including my next-door neighbors here) can't "go-back" in Winnipesaukee time. The Olde Forum ("New" to us back then) informs us of Winnipesaukee trends . Try www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforum for a trip back -- and an archive of most of our Webmaster's efforts to keep it topical and family-friendly. Congratulations.

08-11-2005, 08:33 AM	#4
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	Happy 10 Years!! Everyone has already said it best.I look forward to reading the forum every morning.I've learned so much lake history from McDude,viewed so many beautifull photos from Island Girl and others,was informed about local happenings from Upthesaukee and Rattlesnake Girl,met new friends like Pepper,sat at the Tiki Bar with SP,even had dissagreements with APR and others,and so on and so on.This place keeps the mind stimulated!!This is one great forum Thanks Don for your hard and very successfull work!! __________________ SIKSUKR

08-11-2005, 12:04 PM	#5
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Happy 10th anniversary and many more... Ten years?! Wow! Time sure flies when you are having fun. Thanks for providing an outlet to maintain some degree of sanity, although my sanity may be a subject of debate by some forum members. Happy 10th anniversary and many more...

08-11-2005, 12:12 PM	#6
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Looking foward to the next 10 Would have thunk it ? Congrats and thanks for a cool place to hang out. Or wait, maybe it's the hot place to hang out ! Yeah, the hot place, that's it. Or maybe it's da fat place to be. Errr .... no wait, fat is what I am, I mean phat, yup that's what it is Keep it going for another 10 and I'll have it figured out by then ! __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

08-11-2005, 01:19 PM	#7
Wing Nut Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Maynard, MA/Whortleberry Island Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	U Rock, Don! Congratulations, Don, on maintaining the site for us to use. I am a web developer for a major corporation - I know what's involved from the technical side, and you've done a great job even with some of the open source stuff. But what's really great is that you have created and maintained a site that brings a community of people together and actually forms its own community as a byproduct. Not many sites can boast of such success! Keep up the great work, Don! __________________ Wing Nut

08-11-2005, 03:21 PM	#8
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	Thanks is only the begining! Don, In the short time I have been a member here your site has brought me back to the place I love, Winnipesaukee. This site and the members of it have opened so many forgoten memories for me that I cannot thank you enough for creating and keeing it going for these past 10 years. Because of your site I have made contact with a number of people with whom I enjoyed many a summer day with in my youth and would have not probibly ever run into anywhere else. Your site has also introduced me to so many wonderful people here on Winnipesaukee.com via the Forum and PhotoPost. Some of those freindships have expanded beyond the Forum and PhotoPost but, it is this Winnipesauke.com site that is the root that brought those freindships to bloom. You have made this web site with its wonderful forum, photopost and its many other features a destination for so many even when they cannot be at the lake. Your vision made it all possible. Words cannot say enough Thanks for your tireless efforts over the last 10 years. A toast to Winnipesaukee.com and you Don for the next 10 years and beyond..... THANK YOU DON Z.! __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata Last edited by Just Sold; 08-11-2005 at 03:26 PM.

08-11-2005, 05:19 PM	#9
arthurc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 82 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Congrats Congratulations on 10 years of wonderful info, fun, etc. You have done a masterful job Arthur

08-12-2005, 10:04 AM	#10
nym3007 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Congratulations Happy 10 years Don!!!. This has been my home away from the lake. Living here in NYC I only get 3 weeks each summer to see the Beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee. I have read this site since about I would say 2002. I have read the forums each day about 2 times per day and sometimes more. I also love the new webcam and the photos that these wonderful members post everyday. I hope that this site stays for many more years to come and once again congrats on 10 years!!

08-12-2005, 02:30 PM	#11
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,679 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 354 Thanked 640 Times in 291 Posts	Well done! Thanks!! Hard to believe its been 10 years. Don, great job, and thanks for the effort you have put in to keep the forum useful. You maintain a good balance between an open forum and censorship. There was a tough patch where you had to approve all entries, but the new software with registration seems to have solved that. Hopefully you can make one of the forum fests so we can thank you in person. __________________ -lg

08-13-2005, 08:53 PM	#12
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,689 Thanks: 1,204 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	Happy 10th, Don! This is one of the best web sites I have ever found, and it's the first one I bring up every morning. Many good friendships that would not have otherwise started did because of the Forum, and over the years I've always enjoyed meeting "Forum Folks" and putting faces with screen names. Just think how many of us might never have experienced Waldo Pepper's lobster rolls had it not been for the Forum! (Not to mention that we might never have met the wonderful "Pepper" herself!) Most of us have never attempted to run a web site, least of all one that includes a tremendously popular and active forum, yet we can imagine the time and dedication it must take to do it as well as you do, Don. Congratulations, and we all hope you'll continue the excellent work you've been doing here for the next 10 years! __________________ DRH Last edited by DRH; 08-13-2005 at 09:18 PM.

08-14-2005, 07:36 PM	#14
Silver Duck Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Billerica, MA Posts: 364 Thanks: 40 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Happy Anniversary! And, thanks for the many, many hapy hours I've spent on this site! Silver Duck

08-15-2005, 04:22 PM	#15
trfour Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lakes, Central NH. and Dallas/Fort Worth TX. Posts: 3,694 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 3,069 Thanked 472 Times in 236 Posts	The Family Touch That Don has created here, just adds sooo much flavor and is sooo " Fabulous !".. Let us all keep this thread going in thanks to Our Great Captain, Don Z! I think that he is a treasure,... and I have been around the block, a few times! Love, T. __________________ *trfour* Always Remember, The Best Safety Device In The Boat, or on a PWC Snowmobile etc., Is YOU! Safe sledding tips and much more; http://www.snowmobile.org/snowmobiling-safety.html

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